Centre for the History of Medicine and Disease
Wolfson Research Institute
University of Durham, Queen’s Campus, Stockton
RESEARCH SEMINARS
Michaelmas Term 2002
Thursday, 10 October 2002:
Lyn Brierly-Jones (Dept. of Sociology & Social Policy, University of
Durham):
“An Alternative Orthodoxy? Homoeopathic Medical Science 1880-1920”
Location: Dept. of Philosophy (50/51 Old Elvet, Durham), Common Room
Time: 11.00 a.m. – 1.00 p.m.
JOINT SEMINAR WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY
Thursday, 24 October 2002:
Michael Whong-Barr (Dept. of Sociology & Social Policy, University of
Newcastle upon Tyne):
“The history of Biobank UK: The politics and ethics of building a
genetic database”
Location: Wolfson Research Institute, Seminar Room F009
Time: 5.00 p.m. – 6.30 p.m.
Thursday, 21 November 2002:
Dr Steve Sturdy (Science Studies Unit, University of Edinburgh):
“Research programmes vs. case studies: clinical science in London and
Edinburgh c. 1900-1920”
Location: Dept. of Philosophy (50/51 Old Elvet, Durham), Common Room
Time: 11.00 a.m. – 1.00 p.m.
JOINT SEMINAR WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY
Thursday, 12 December 2002:
Prof. Holger Maehle (Dept. of Philosophy, University of Durham):
“Nerves, muscles and poisons: The origins of the drug receptor theory in
the research of John Newport Langley (1852-1925)”
Location: Wolfson Research Institute, Seminar Room F009
Time: 5.00 p.m. – 6.30 p.m.
ALL WELCOME!
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the Centre website http://www.dur.ac.uk/wolfson.institute/hmd.htm
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M. D. Eddy
Editor, Philosophical Writings; HPSM/NES Network Director. University of Durham, Department of Philosophy, 50 Old Elvet, Durham, DH1 3HN UK; Tel: (44) 191 374 7641 -OR- St. John's College, 3 South Bailey, Durham, DH1 3HN UK; Voicemail: (44) 191 374 3575. http://www.dur.ac.uk/m.d.eddy/ NB: Diagnosed Dyslexic.
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